These are the 1972 Five Nations Championship squads:
England
Head coach: John Elders
John Barton Mike Beese Alan Brinn Mike Burton Peter Dixon (c.) David Duckham Geoff Evans Keith Fielding Bob Hiller (c.)* Jeremy Janion Peter Knight Nick Martin Tony Neary Alan Old John Pullin Chris Ralston Andy Ripley Stack Stevens Rodney Webb Jan Webster Lionel Weston
captain in the first two games
France
Head coach: Fernand Cazenave
Jean-Michel Aguirre Jean-Louis Azarete Richard Astre Max Barrau Jean-Pierre Bastiat René Benesis Jean-Louis Bérot Roland Bertranne Pierre Biemouret Victor Boffelli Yvan Buonomo Jack Cantoni Benoît Dauga (c.)* Claude Dourthe Bernard Duprat Alain Esteve Jean Iraçabal Jean-Pierre Lux Jean-Louis Martin Jo Maso Olivier Saïsset Jean Sillières Jean-Claude Skrela Claude Spanghero Walter Spanghero (c.)** Jean Trillo Armand Vaquerin Pierre Villepreux (c.)***
captain in the first game captain in the second and third game captain in the fourth game
Ireland
Head coach: Syd Millar
Con Feighery Kevin Flynn Mike Gibson Tom Grace Denis Hickie Ken Kennedy Tom Kiernan (c.) Sean Lynch Willie John McBride Barry McGann Stewart McKinney Ray McLoughlin Wallace McMaster John Moloney Fergus Slattery
Ireland used 15 players in two games
Scotland
Head coach: Bill Dickinson
Rodger Arneil Ian Barnes Alastair Biggar Arthur Brown Gordon Brown Peter Brown (c.) Sandy Carmichael Bobby Clark Lewis Dick John Frame Alan Lawson Nairn MacEwan Ian McCrae Alastair McHarg Ian McLauchlan Duncan Paterson Jim Renwick Billy Steele Colin Telfer
Scotland played three games
Wales
Head coach: Clive Rowlands
Phil Bennett Roy Bergiers John Bevan Gerald Davies Mervyn Davies Gareth Edwards Geoff Evans Barry John Arthur Lewis Barry Llewelyn John Lloyd (c.) Dai Morris Derek Quinnell John Taylor Delme Thomas J. P. R. Williams Jeff Young
Wales played three games
External links 1972 Five Nations Championship at ESPN